Print version| Country | PERU | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministerio de Justicia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Instituto Nacional Penitenciario - INPE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | Calle Jirón Carabaya 456, Lima, Peru | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +51 1 426 0116 fax: +51 1 427 0624 Web: www.inpe.gob.pe |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Jose Luis Perez Guadalupe
Presidente del Consejo Nacional Penitenciario del INPE |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
61,390
at December 2012 (national prison administration) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
202
based on an estimated national population of 30.34 million at December 2012 (from CELADE figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
58.5%
(December 2012) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
6.3%
(December 2012) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
0%
(December 2012 - under 18; 2.4% under 20) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
2.6%
(December 2012) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
67
(2012) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 29,043
(December 2012) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
211.4%
(December 2012) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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